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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Child Emigrants to the Cape Colony Part 4 cont

Continuing the contents of the 1840 CFS Report:

WATTS Margaret
Aged 13; came from city of London; has been since December 1838 in the employ
of Mr Thomas Barry of Swellendam, assisting in the nursery; health generally
good; personal appearance respectable; is very inattentive, very idle and very
disobedient; moral habits fair, but tells lies sometimes; attends family
prayers night and morning and goes to church every Sunday; can read a little
but cannot write; has heard once from her mother since she came out, but has
not got any one to write home for her, but Mr Barry professed his willingness
to write for her whenever she wished it; is well clothed, and sleeps with her
fellow apprentice; has 1 pound in the savings' bank, pocket-money included; is
sometimes corrected by Mr and Mrs Barry both with a cane and open hand but
never without giving some cause of offence or neglect of duty; neither party
complained of each other.

SMITH Mary
Aged 14; comes from Peckham; in the employ of Mr Joseph Barry of Swellendam
(about one year), in needle and housework; health good; personal appearance
good; is regular, industrious and obedient; moral habits good; prayers are read
in the house night and morning, at which she attends; goes to church every
Sunday; can read and write; has not heard from her friends in England since she
came, but has written home once; clothing good and sleeps in the room with her
mistress; does not receive pocket-money; that and the other part of her
allowance is paid into the savings' bank; has been corrected once only by her
mistress, and then she says she had misconducted herself; will be able to
obtain a livelihood when out of her time; no complaints on either side.

BIRMINGHAM William
Aged 16; born, as he believes, in London; was originally bound to Mr William
Proctor of Drooge Vley about three years and a half ago, but transferred with
the consent of the commissioners in Cape Town to Mr John Bourhill of Hamans
Daal in the district of Caledon about six months since; he is employed as a
shepherd; health good; personal appearance healthy; but though not very clean,
is as much so as the nature of his employment will permit; is as regular,
industrious and obedient as boys of his age usually are; occasionally tells
lies, and there have been some trifling reasons to suspect his honest, but
nothing can be proved against him; can read and write and when at Mr Proctor's
used to avail himself of opportunities of perusing books in the boys' library
and attend divine service every Sunday; but since he came to Mr Bourhill reads
only on Sunday in the Bible; divine service is held every 14 days (about six
miles off) but at present he goes to no place of worship; will be able to get a
decent livelihood when out of his time; has written frequently to his friends,
but has only heard once from them; is well clothed and sleeps in a room with
three other emigrant apprentices; receives his pocket-money when he asks for
it, but generally lets it accumulate to a certain sum, that he may be enabled
to buy some useful article; the remainder of his pocket-money has not yet been
paid into the savings' bank because Mr Bourhill has not got his indentures;
general conduct good; no complaints from either party; when with Mr Proctor he
wrote home some bad accounts of ill treatment (which were very true) but with
Mr Bourhill he has nothing to complain of.

BIRMINGHAM Daniel
Aged 18; born in London; transferred by Mr Proctor to Mr Bourhill about five
months ago; employed as a shepherd; good health; appearance decent; regular,
industrious and obedient; good moral habits; can read and write; reads the
Bible twice a week to the older boys; says his prayers twice a day; does not go
to church, but will, when service is held nearer; will be able to get a
livelihood when his time is out; has written four times to his uncles and
brothers (mother and father dead), but never heard from anyone in reply; is
decently clothed and fed, and sleeps with the other boys; gets his pocket-money
when he wants it; rest paid into the savings' bank; general conduct good; no
complaint on either side; when he was with Mr Proctor he wrote bad accounts
home; they were true, but since he came to Mr Bourhill he has had no cause of
complaint whatever.

STEWARD William
Aged about 16; born at Witham in Essex; bound to Mr Bourhill in November 1837;
employed as a shepherd; has partly learnt the other branches of agricultural
pursuits; health good; personal appearance good; regular, industrious and
obedient; good moral conduct; cannot read or write; does not go to church, but
will be able to do so when divine services is held by the missionaries; can get
a good livelihood when out of his time; has never heard from his friends since
he has been in the colony, but got some person to write for him once; fairly
clothed and plenty to eat and drink; sleeps with the other boys; receives his
pocket-money when he asks for it, rest paid into the savings' bank; general
conduct good; no complaints on either side.

BROWN John
Aged 16; born in Holborn, London; bound about two years ago to Mr Bourhill;
employed as a shepherd; health good; industrious and obedient; morals good; can
read and write a little but very seldom reads; says his prayers daily; repeated
the Lord's Prayer, the only prayer he knows; does not go to church; promises to
attend divine service at Mayesdiept when the missionary performs it; will be
able to procure a livelihood when out of his time; has never written home, or
heard from his friends; he assigns as a reason for not writing home that he
cannot write well enough; thinks one of his comrades would write for him if he
asked; is decently clothed and well fed; sleeps with the other boys; has his
pocket-money when he wants it, the rest paid into the savings' bank; a trifle
still due to him; conduct good; no complaints on either side.

BRADE Joseph
Aged 13; born in London; has been about 2½ years in the employ of Mr A P Keyter
of Diepe River, near Caledon, as a house-boy; healthy and appearance generally
respectable; clothing decent; regular, industrious and obedient in general, but
occasionally thoughtless; moral habits good; reads the Bible to his mistress
half an hour every day; goes to church with the family every other Sunday, but he
does not understand the clergyman as he preaches in Dutch; he understands a
part; never says his prayers at home; is sometimes beaten by Mr Keyter but has
always deserved it; he is beaten with a whip, generally pretty well; has
written twice, and has heard from his mother; can write whenever he pleases;
all his pocket-money paid into the savings' bank to the end of July last; he
sleeps in a room with another juvenile emigrant, apart from black people; is
well clothed and fed; no complaint on either side and can get a good livelihood
when out of his time.

MASON Joseph
Aged 13; born in London; has been about 2½ years in the employ of Mr Keyter as
a stable-boy, assisting Mr K's groom; healthy, personal appearance slovenly and
dirty; is very saucy, but not idle; moral habits good; cannot read; has never
been to church or heard prayers since he came to Mr Keyter; his parents are
dead; has no relatives that he knows of to write to, or hear from; may, if
attentive and obedient, learn to be a groom and thereby obtain a livelihood;
money all paid into the savings' bank to the end of July last; he sleeps with
Joseph Brade; has been beaten once by Mr Keyter for not giving the horses
water; has sold his Bible; could read when he first came, but has now forgotten
to read.

CAIN James
Aged 19; born in St Giles's, London, was bound in August 1853 to and employed
by Mr Moodie, of Groot Vaders Bosch, district of Swellendam, as a shepherd;
healthy, which his personal appearance bespeaks; is very regular, attentive and
obedient; of good moral habits; attends family prayers every evening and on
Sundays before he goes away with the sheep; has only attended church twice,
distance too far; can read, and does read the Bible; could write when he first
came but has now quite forgotten; has once heard from his sister, but has not
communicated hom; having been told by Mr Moodie that some of the boys at the
Cape had written home to England statements of ill-treatment, which had
appeared in the newspapers, he would expect to see all letters he (Cain) might
write, and consequently, none were written; has plenty of clothes; good food;
sleeps on a sheep's skin in an outer room; receives his pocket-money 5d a week
only; the rest is paid into the savings' bank of Swellendam; is well treated
and no complaints on either side; will be able to obtain a livelihood when out
of his time.

PALMER James
Aged 19; does not know where he was born; has been employed by the said Mr
Moodie since 1833 as a shepherd, but generally as a house servant; healthy; of
a slovenly appearance; is slow, but otherwise regular, industrious and
obedient; can read, but not write; reads the Bible every Sunday, and about
three times a week; has no friends in England to write to or hear from;
receives 3d a week pocket-money; the rest is paid into the savings' bank;
during the life of Mrs Moodie he was occasionally beaten with a switch by her,
but has always done something to displease her; is now kindly treated; no
complaint on either side; it is doubtful whether he will be able to obtain a
livelihood when out of his time, as he is very slow and dull of comprehension.

MORRIS Caroline
Aged 18; born in Windsor; bound as a nursery and housemaid to Mr Arthur Nitch,
of Zolendals Valley, district of Caledon, in August 1835; health good; morals
bad; steals and is very depraved; performs her work tolerably well, but was in
the habit of frequently running away when she first came; cannot read or write;
can repeat the Lord's Prayer imperfectly; had a letter from her sister, who was
married at the Cape, and returned home, but never answered it; sleeps in the
room with her mistress; well fed and clothed; is sometimes beaten by her
mistress, but generally well treated; receives part of her pocket-money, the
rest put into the savings' bank; will be able to gain a livelihood when out of
her time.

THOMAS Samuel
Aged 14; born in London; in the same person's employ as a shepherd; health
generally good; cannot read or write; has never heard from or corresponded with
only relative, a sister; repeats the Lord's Prayer every day and attends family
prayer every Sunday; does not go to church; receives part of his pocket-money,
remainder paid into the savings' bank; decently clothed and well fed; sleeps in
the hall on a mat, covered with a blanket; moral habits good; sometimes
disobedient and inattentive; occasionally absents himself two or three days at
a time; is frequently beaten with a cane for various reasons, but never
unmercifully; has no complaint, as Mrs Nitch says, like all other children;
there are frequent causes of complaint but nothing serious; probably may gain a
livelihood when out of his time.

REDDING James
Aged 15; born in London; in the same employ, as a horse-herd; healthy, reads
and writes a little; no communication with or from England; reads the Bible;
attends family prayers every Sunday; receives part of his pocket-money; the
rest as above; decently clothed and well fed; sleeps as the other boy; no
complaint on either side; will be able to gain a livelihood when out of his
time.

WEBB John
Aged 13; came from London; has been about 2 years with Mr D C Odendaal now
living at Visch Gat, Slange River, district of Swellendam; employed as
house-boy; good health; personal appearance good; regular, attentive and
obedient; sometimes tells lies but otherwise a good boy; very rarely reads his
Bible; can say the Lord's Prayer and repeats it every morning; attends family
prayer, but seldom goes to church (distance seven hours); can only write his
name; has not heard of or written to his friends since he came to the Cape;
pocket-money given when asked for and the rest put into the savings' bank;
decently clothed; well fed; sleeps with his three fellow apprentices in the
house apart from the coloured people; no complaints on either side; but like
all children he is sometimes inattentive; he has been beaten twice only and is
treated alike with his master's own children (so says the boy); will be able to
gain a living when out of his time.

ISAACSON Ambrose
Aged 15; comes from Chelsea; has been 2¼ years in the same employ, as a farming
servant; is healthy and looks well; a good boy, but like all other boys of his
age sometimes inattentive and idle; occasionally given to lying, but otherwise
good; says his prayers night and morning; reads the Bible occasionally and attends
family prayers every Sunday evening; goes to church about once a year, too far
off to go oftener; cannot write more than his name; has only heard once from
his mother but has not yet got any one to reply; pocket-money partly in hand,
and part paid into savings' bank; is comfortably clothed, well fed, and sleeps
with the other boys; probably he may gain a livelihood when out of his time; no
complaints on either side; he is sometimes beaten by his mistress with a
switch, but not severely.

MAPHAM William
Aged 14; came from London; has been in the same person's service three years,
as a shepherd; good health; looks well, except dirty in his person; behaves
well; is regular, industrious and obedient; morals good; repeats the Lord's
Prayer occasionally; comes to family prayers on Sunday evening but never goes
to church, distance too far off; cannot read or write; has had a letter from
his father, but has got no one to answer it for him; has part of his
pocket-money, some still in the hands of his master, and not paid into the
savings' bank; is well clothed for his occupation; well fed, and sleeps with
the other boys; he seems very stupid and except some improvement takes place
will be always dull, but may gain a living when out of his time; talks of
learning the trade of blacksmith, as he is a stout boy; no complaints; his
master sometimes beats him with a switch, but then he has always done something
wrong.

DUGGAN Edward
Aged 15; came from Chelsea; has been in the same employ about 2 years, as
cattle-herd and general farming servant; has good health in general; looks
well; is a good boy at present, but at first was idle and inattentive; was once
given to lying, but did not steal and now behaves better; can say the Lord's
Prayer and does say it every night; attends family prayer every Sunday; can
read and write a little; has heard once from his mother, and has written once
in reply; receives pocket-money, part in the savings' bank; clothing good; well
fed and sleeps with his fellow apprentices; in all probability will be able to
earn his bread when out of his time; Mr O does not like to make any complaint
against him; he is sometimes beaten with a stick for misconduct, but not
severely.

BALES (or BATES) Ellen
Aged 16; born in London; has been nearly six years in the employ of N F Reitz,
of Rhenoster Vontyn, district of Swellendam, as house and nursery maid; is very
healthy and of good appearance; regular, obedient and industrious; morals good;
attends daily family prayers; reads the Bible frequently; attends church
whenever the family goes (six hours off) once in six weeks or thereabouts;
would obtain a good livelihood when out of her time; all her pocket-money paid
into the savings' bank; well clothed and fed; sleeps in the nursery with the
children; can read, but not write much; has two sisters in England but is
unacquainted with their address and has not wrote or heard from them; was three
years in St Luke's workhouse before she came out here, but none of her friends
could visit her there; Mrs Reitz says, she is a little careless sometimes; the
girl has nothing to complain of, admitting that though sometimes moderately
corrected, she deserves all she gets.

EDWARDS Joseph
Aged about 20; born in London; was bound about 6 years ago to Hon M Van Breda,
but is employed by Mr N F Reitz as a farming servant at Rhenoster Vontyn, but
at present at Wagonmaker's Drift, Durvenhoks River, Swellendam; has good health
and looks well; is exceedingly orderly, industrious and obedient and has been
so ever since he came to Mr Reitz; morals good; reads his Bible once a week;
says his prayers daily, and attends family prayers every evening; never goes to
church (too far off) receives pocket-money as he wants it, and the rest paid
into savings' bank; is decently clothed, well fed and comfortably lodged,
separate from the coloured people; can read and write, but has never heard from
or written home; Mr Reitz has no complaint; this boy was never beaten.

SULLIVAN William
Aged about 20; came from London; bound as Joseph Edwards to Hon M Breda, and
employed by Mr Reitz at the above-named place, as a general farming servant;
good health; looks so; is regular, industrious and obedient now but was
formerly troublesome and disobedient; of good moral habits; reads the Bible and
says the Lord's Prayer daily, and attends the evening service of his family
every Sunday; does not go to church (too far off); will, in all probability, be
able to get his livelihood when out of his time; receives pocket-money
regularly, the rest paid into savings' bank; is decently clothed; has enough to
eat and sleeps in a room, in the same bed as Joseph Edwards; can read and
write; has neither heard from or written to his friends since he came into the
colony; no complaints; Mr Reitz says he behaves very satisfactorily.

ADAMSON Julia
Aged 17; came from Stroud, near Egham, Surrey; has been, since July 1837, in
the employ of the Rev Mr Robertson of Swellendam, as housemaid; health
generally good; can read and write and has frequently written home to Lady
Johnson and Lady George Murray, sent through Mr. Christian, but has never
received an answer; no reason to complain of her regularity or obedience; but
she is rather slow; moral habits now correct; attends English church regularly,
and family prayers night and morning; she is also specially instructed every
Sunday evening, by Mr Robertson, in the Bible etc; well clothed and fed, and
sleeps on a bed free from black people; receives her pocket-money, and the rest
paid into the savings' bank at Swellendam; is kindly treated generally, but has
been beaten twice by Mr Robertson with his hand slightly, for some misconduct;
once was for being seen sitting with a boy, having her arm round his waist, and
denying it; no complaints on either side; expresses a wish to be put out as a
dressmaker, instead of remaining where she now is; will be able to obtain a
comfortable livelihood as a housemaid when her time is out.

BENNETT Charles William
Aged 16; comes from London; was first bound to the Rev Mr Robertson of
Swellendam as house-boy but was some time since transferred, with the consent
of the commissioners in Cape Town and his own free-will, to Wm Kerr, a
carpenter, of Swellendam, to learn the trade of a carpenter and joiner; his
health good; personal appearance respectable; is regular, industrious and
obedient; sometimes tells lies, and was once seen indulging in improper
familiarities with a young girl; attends church every Sunday, reads the Bible
most evenings, but the family have no prayers; pocket-money paid, rest put into
savings' bank; Mr R beat him twice when with him but his present master has not
done so yet; can read and write; has written several times to his friends and
has heard from them; no complaints; will be able, from his trade, to gain a
very good livelihood.

HORNE Elizabeth
Aged 18; comes from Drayton, Buckinghamshire; has been since April 1835, in the
Service of Major William Shaw, who formerly lived in Cape Town but now resides
at his farm, Truyntjes River, near Caledon; she is employed as a house and
nursery maid; healthy, and personal appearance good; regular in her habits,
tolerably industrious, rather sulky, but generally obedient; nothing
objectionable in her moral habits; the family, living eight miles from Caledon,
never attend the church, but have prayers every Sunday, when the girl regularly
attends; can read, but seldom does; cannot write more than her name and
consequently has not written to any of her friends since she came from England,
but has often heard from her mother; a Miss Keon, who lives at Drayton, sometimes
writes to her; will be able to obtain a livelihood as a house or nursery maid
when her time is out; her treatment is good; well clothed except in stockings,
and sleeps in the same room with the children. Major Shaw places all her
pocket-money in the savings' bank and whatever she may want here he gives her,
without reference to his contract; if there are any arrears up to September he
will direct his agents in Cape Town to pay it up; no complaints on either side.

BURNESS Thomas L
Aged 14; born in London; bound in December 1838 to Dr Bickersteth and by him
assigned about three months ago, with consent of commissioners in Cape Town, to
Captain Robert Stanford of Kleine River Valley, district of Caledon; is
employed as a house servant; healthy, and looks so; is idle, disobedient, a
thief, a liar and a drunkard; he was also with Dr B; attends family prayer
every Sunday, but never goes to church (too far off); can read and write;
repeats his prayers every night; has written to and heard from his friends in England;
well fed, clothed and lodged; had first better accommodation but is so dirty in
his habits that he now sleeps in an apartment apart from the other servants;
has had no pocket-money since he came; Captain S assigns as a reason that he
has not had the indentures sent him and he declares he would gladly be rid of
the boy, as he is so bad. No complaints. The boy seems sharp and active, and
will probably soon improve, and be able to get a livelihood.

ALLEN John Henry
Aged 13; born at Paddington; bound to Mr Williams when he first came out, but
now in the employ of Captain Stanford, as a shepherd; a good boy; healthy;
morals good; does not attend family prayers or go to church; can read and
write; reads the Bible every Sunday evening; says prayers every night; has once
heard from, and has a letter now written to, his friends; receives his
pocket-money, the rest paid into savings' bank; well clothed and fed, and
sleeps with the other boys, apart from the coloured people. No complaint; never
beaten and when out of his time may gain a livelihood.

BROWN John
Aged 18; born in London; bound first to Mr Dwyer, but transferred to Captain
Stanford; is employed as a shepherd; a good boy; morals good; healthy; never
attended prayers yet; never goes to church; can read, but not write; reads the
Bible every Sunday evening; well fed and lodged; badly clothed, but clothes are
making for him and Captain S allows him 9s a month to find himself in clothes;
has never heard from, or written to, his friends. No complaints on either side;
is a good shepherd, and may gain a living when out of his time.

BURGESS Jane
Aged 15; born in London; was first bound to Mr Kennedy of Cape Town in April
1835, and assigned, with the consent of the Commissioners etc, to Captain
Stanford; health good, but looks slovenly; is good-natured and willing, but
occasionally idle; morals good; attends family prayers, but does not go to
church; can read, but not write; reads the Bible every Sunday, and says her
prayers every night and morning; pocket-money same as the boys; well clothed
and fed; sleeps in the nursery; never heard from home, but will get some one to
write for her; is a maid of all work; good at the needle, and will gain her
bread at the end of her apprenticeship.

GAREY Matilda Augusta
Aged 11 years; born in the parish of St Augustine, Bristol; has been since
December 1838 last in the service of Hermanus Philip Steyn, of Swellendam,
wagonmaker; is not very regular or industrious, but as much so as can be
expected for her age; is obedient; tells lies but has no other bad habits;
reads the Bible, and is learning to write; learns the English catechism; goes
to church every Sunday; has had a letter written for her to her mother since
she came, but has not heard from any one; has not received any pocket-money, it
having been expended, at her consent, in the purchase of a hymn-book and a
Bible (she says, Mrs Bourhill kept the Bible she bought from England); the
other part paid into savings' bank of Swellendam; has plenty of clothes; well
fed, and sleeps in a room with her mistress's children, on a bedstead; no idea
can yet be formed of the probability of her being able to obtain a living when
her term is out, as she is so young at present; is sometimes beaten by her
mistress because she does not work, and tells lies, but says she is generally
well treated. No complaints on either side.

HOCKING Charles
Aged 16; comes from the parish of St Mary-le-bone, London; was originally bound
to Major Barnes, but assigned, with consent of the commissioners in Cape Town,
to Mr Charles Taylor, of Swellendam, his present employer, in October 1835; is
employed in all manner of farming occupation; healthy, and personal appearance
decent; has been absent six weeks and only returned a few days ago, when he was
brought back, having deserted; he promises to behave better for the future; has
hitherto behaved very indifferently; tells lies; receives but little religious
instruction; has been to church about twice, though he has frequent
opportunities of going; prayers were read some time ago by a member of the
family, but of late they have been given up from the trouble of getting him to
attend; has written to his friends about three times, and has had letters of
reply; doubtful as to the probability of his obtaining a livelihood when out of
employ, unless he improves very much in his conduct; no complaints on either
side, though it is evident both parties had had disputes; clothing not very
good, but he has another better suit; not particularly clean; sleeps in a room
by himself, adjoining to one of the family, on a bedstead. Mr Taylor has not
paid any money into the savings' bank since the boy has been with him; all
before is the sum paid in by Major Barnes; has received but little
pocket-money, but had a filly given to him, which Mr Taylor considers of more
value than the weekly allowance would amount to; the boy says he should like to
go to another master to learn a trade; Mr Taylor says he has offered him to
numerous tradesmen, who refused him.

ARCHER Robert
Aged about 13; born in Peckham; was bound in November 1838 to Hon C N Vermaas
of Swellendam, as a house-boy; health good; personal appearance cleanly; is as
regular, industrious and obedient as children of his age usually are; was
addicted to lying and pilfering when he first came, but of late has behaved
well; goes to church every Sunday; reads his Bible sometimes, and says his
prayers to himself; no family prayers; can read and write a little; has no
father or mother living, and therefore has not written to or heard from anyone
in England; is decently clothed (now in his best suit); well fed; sleeps on the
ground, in a room apart from the coloured people, on a skin blanket, covered
with a blanket and rug; gets his pocket-money regularly; 1 pound has been paid
into the savings' bank for him; it is probable that he may, when out of his
time, be able to get a livelihood; was formerly often beaten by his master with
a stick, but latterly not at all; his mistress also beats him sometimes with a
stick, but he says he has always done something wrong when beaten; no
complaints; Mr Vermaas says he considers him too young as yet to know well what
his duty requires, and therefore he does not complain.

SOUTH William
Aged 13; comes from London; was bound about 12 months ago to the said Mr
Vermaas; is employed as a shepherd, sometimes at Swellendam, and sometimes (as
now) at a distant farm called Kluytie's Kraal; good, healthy, personal
appearance; stout and good looking; is tolerably regular, obedient and
industrious; tells lies, but otherwise well-behaved; when at Swellendam he goes
to church regularly, but now he cannot as he is too far off; reads his Bible,
and says he prays every night, but there is no family prayers; can read, but
cannot write; has had no communication with any of his friends in England since
he came; is well clothed and fed, and sleeps in a bedroom on the ground, on a
blanket; receives his pocket-money regularly and has 1 pound paid into the
savings' bank; is a very intelligent boy, and will be able to get a decent
livelihood when out of his time; has not been beaten lately, but at first was
corrected by his master with a switch, because he would not go out with the
sheep early enough; no complaints on either side.

BROMLEY Sophia
Aged 17; foundling; bound in July 1837 to Mr White of Swellendam, but the
commissioners in Cape Town have signified their approbation of her removal to
Rev Mr Robertson of Swellendam; is employed as a housemaid; her health now good
but was ailing; personal appearance healthy but is a little deformed, and makes
water in her bed almost every night; is rather idle and inattentive, but obedient;
has once been detected in an act of dishonesty, and frequently tells
falsehoods; attends church regularly, and prayers morning and evening every
day, and on Sundays receives special instructions on points in the Bible; can
read well and write tolerably so; has no one in England to write to or hear
from her; her clothing is good; well fed and is as well lodged as her
unfortunate dirty habit will admit of; every means has been tried to cure her
of it but without effect; Mr R considers it a bodily infirmity; money paid into
savings' bank; will be able to obtain a livelihood when her term is out; was
frequently beaten by Mr Robertson with his hand, chiefly, if not entirely, as a
punishment for dirtying the bed; does not complain of her master or mistress,
and they have nothing to say against her.

BOWYER Samuel
McDONALD Henry
GUARRING James
POOL William Everett
These 4 all bound to Geit de Wet, Goedvertrouw, near Caledon, were removed by
their master's orders to one of his other farms in the district of Stellenbosch,
about the end of October (1839) and consequently not seen by the magistrate
(James Brooks).